General Information

Serial #

811428

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING/ RUBBER & SYNTHETIC FOAM TELEPHONE RECEIVER RECEPTACLES/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METAL BASE & PARTS (INCLUDING ALUMINUM)/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

27.5 cm

Width

18.0 cm

Height

6.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Multitech

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Minnesota

City

New Brighton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

1982-1991

Canada

Purchased by Atlantic Institute of Education to provide students & staff with information from other Halifax libraries via on line searches at library databases. Upon the closure of AIE in 1984, the modem was purchased by the donor for use at home with a VT100 passive / nonprogrammable terminal & later a MACplus computer, with connections to ST. Mary's Univ. Vax & Dalhousie univ. CDC computer systems.

Function

A DEVICE THAT ENABLES DATA TO BE TRANSMITTED BETWEEN COMPUTERS VIA EXISTING TELEPHONE LINES.

Technical

A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A MODEM USED WITH A PC. IT REQUIRED A SPECIFIC STYLE OF TELEPHONE TO FIT THE ACOUSTIC CUPS & OPERATED AT THE 300 BAND, WHICH SOON BECAME OBSOLETE AS TELEPHONE SWITCHING NETWORKSBECAME LESS NOISY. IT CONNECTED TO THE PC VIA RS-232 CONNECTOR. SOFTWARE EXCHANGE PACKAGES USED WERE RED RIDER & KERMIT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METALLIC LETTERING ON BLACK PLATE ON FRONT READS 'MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS/ FM 30 DATA COUPLER'/ STICKER ON UNDERSIDE READS 'MULTI-TECH/ SYSTEMS, INC./ NEW BRIGHTON, MINNESOTA/ CAT. NO. FM30/ SER. NO. 811428'/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ HAND INCISED ON UNDERSIDE 'BK/109 975/ 609'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED OFF-WHITE CASING/ BLACK RECEPTACLES & FEET/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A